QatarEnergy plans to restore gas operations post-Strait reopening

Qatar’s energy ministry has a plan, a timeline, and a problem. Two of those three things are in good shape. QatarEnergy has laid out a recovery roadmap for its liquefied natural gas operations following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly 20% of global oil and LNG shipments normally flow. The plan targets approximately 50% of pre-conflict production capacity within one month of safe passage being confirmed, rising to around 80% within two months. Equipment assessments are underway, and tanker arrangements are already being organized. Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani confirmed the government’s commitment to that timeline, with one significant caveat: facilities damaged by Iranian missile strikes are excluded from that near-term recovery window. What the conflict actually did to Qatar’s gas infrastructure Hostilities that began in late February 2026, involving the US, Israel, and Iran, effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz as a viable shipping corridor. For Qatar, the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, this was roughly equivalent to closing every major highway into and out of a city simultaneously. Iranian mis...